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Upcoming Public Events

Welcome to the upcoming speaker series listing. Each year, Rotman hosts about 100 public talks by international bestselling authors, top management executives and other influential thought leaders. We hope you'll join us for one of these remarkable events.

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Thursday June 18, 2020

Join the Institute for Gender and the Economy and Pride at Work Canada for a 1 hour livestreamed expert discussion for the Toronto launch of a new report based on a first-of-its-kind survey of trans inclusion practices in Canadian employers.

Monday June 22, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Frances Frei, UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, Harvard Business School; former Senior Vice President - Leadership and Strategy, Uber; Co-Author on her new book UNLEASHED: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You (by F. Frei and A. Morriss for HBR Press, June 2, 2020).

Tuesday June 23, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream of Stephanie Kelton, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Bloomberg Contributing Columnist; Founder New Economic Perspectives blog; Author in conversation with Sarah Kaplan, Director and Professor - Institute for Gender and the Economy, Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman; Senior Fellow – Mack Institute for Innovation Management, Wharton; Best-Selling Author on The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy (by Stephanie Kelton for Public Affairs Books, June 9, 2020).

Thursday June 25, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Katherine M. Gehl, Founder, Institute for Political Innovation; CEO, Venn Innovations; Co-Author and Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School; Author of 19 Books in conversation with Anita M. McGahan, University Professor and George E. Connell Chair in Organizations and Society, Rotman School of Management and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto on The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy (by K.M. Gehl and M.E. Porter for Harvard Business Review Press, June 23, 2020).

Friday June 26, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Jonah Berger, Professor of Marketing, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; New York Times Bestselling Author of Contagious, Invisible Influence and The Catalyst on The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind (Simon & Schuster, 2020).

Monday July 13, 2020

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.On July 13 & 14, 2020, BEAR and the Rotman School of Management will host the Behavioural Exchange (BX) Conference. Behavioural Exchange (BX) is the world’s leading behavioural science conference, bringing together global experts from government, academia and industry to explore new frontiers in this cutting-edge field.

Wednesday July 15, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Erin Kelly, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management; Affiliate, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research and the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative; Co-Author and Phyllis Moen, McKnight Presidential Chair, Professor of Sociology, and Director - Life Course Center, University of Minnesota; Co-Author on their new book Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It (by E. Kelly & P. Moen for Princeton University Press, 2020).

Tuesday July 21, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate - Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School; New York Times "Notable Book of the Year" Author in conversation with Heather Reisman, Founder and CEO, Indigo Books on The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (by Shoshana Zuboff for Public Affairs, hardcover 2019, paperback 2020).

Wednesday September 09, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Cleo Stiller, Journalist and Author in conversation with Nouman Ashraf, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior; Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; and Teaching Fellow – Institute for Gender & the Economy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto on Modern Manhood: Conversations About the Complicated World of Being a Good Man (Tiller Press/Simon & Schuster, Nov. 12, 2019).

Thursday September 10, 2020

Join us for a 1-hour livestream featuring Andrew Marantz, Staff Writer, The New Yorker magazine; Author on his book Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation (Viking, Oct. 8, 2019).